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 # bayesianVARs (development version)
 
+* For consistency with other functions, from now on prior_intercept in bvar() specifies standard deviations instead of variances.
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 # bayesianVARs 0.1.3
 
 * bugfix concerning VAR with factor structure on errors with homoscedastic factors.